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“Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or memoir written; or you didn't go swimming in warm pools or oceans because your thighs were jiggly or you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It's going to break your heart. Don't let this happen.”

“Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.”

Ifs Happens Talent Luck Sticks Things Happen

Author:Whoopi Goldberg

“Education, and the life of the mind generally, is a matter in which individual initiative is the chief thing needed; the function of the state should begin and end with insistence on some kind of education, and, if possible, a kind which promotes mental individualism, not a kind which happens to conform to the prejudices of government officials.”

Source: Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18

“I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty. If ever a man is to achieve anything like dignity, it can happen only if superior men are given absolute freedom to think what they want to think and say what they want to say. I am against any man and any organization which seeks to limit or deny that freedom ... the superior man can be sure of freedom only if it is given to all men.”

Ifs Thinking Men Want Happens Given Achieve Dignity Absolutes Superiors Superior Man Absolute Freedom

Author:H. L. Mencken

“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.”

“Any Black person in amerika [sic], if they are being honest with themselves, have got to come to the conclusion that they don't know what it feels like to be free. We aren't free politically, economically, or socially. We have very little power over what happens in our lives. In fact, a Black person isn't free to walk down the street. Walk down the wrong street, in the wrong neighborhood at night, and you know what happens.”

Ifs Knows Feels Littles Persons Facts Happens Night Black Walks Our Lives Streets Honest Conclusion Being Honest Neighborhood Black Person

Author:Assata Shakur

“If I hurt somebody's feelings, I go right to them and talk to them and explain what happens. Sometimes I'm mad at myself because I left a pitch in the middle. It's big when you leave a pitch in the middle. When I make that mistake, it's frustrating for me. I have to think about what I did wrong and go to the next step.”

Ifs Thinking Sometimes Feelings Bigs Happens Next Left Hurt Mistake Steps Middle Mad Frustrating Next Steps

Author:Carlos Zambrano

“The thing that seemed to me so important about the psychedelic experience was that it happened to me. I wasn't reading John Chrysostom or Meister Eckhart. And so I assumed that I am a very ordinary person, therefore, if it happened to me it could happen to anyone.”

Ifs Persons Important Happens Reading Happened Ordinary Psychedelic Psychedelic Experience Ordinary Person

Author:Terence McKenna

“It's a fine balance between design and the thing making itself happen. The stroke has to have complete precision to work. Sometimes I lose it on the exit. You can't fudge it. It ruins the whole thing.” The resulting figures are almost always contained within the rectangle. “It's less of a window if I keep it within the confines of the canvas, but there's almost always a drip that's an umbilical cord.”

Ifs Sometimes Whole Happens Loses Figures Design Fine Balance Window Ruins Canvas Strokes Exit Precision Cords Fudge Umbilical Cord Rectangles

Author:James Nares

“I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world-the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.”

Ifs World Want Should Philosophy Happens Can Do Talent Unique Priorities Contribution Can Do Something Portfolios Priorities In Life Personal Philosophy

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking what you write, it's about improving with every word, little by little, exploring your craft, becoming the artist you hope to be one day. And you can only do that by working at it every day. It doesn't happen overnight, it doesn't happen over a weekend, it is a lifelong pursuit.”

Ifs Writing Littles Book Happens Would Be Artist Becoming One Day Absolutes Pursuit Crafts Comic Weekend Comic Book Exploring Improving Lifelong Narcissist

Author:Brian Michael Bendis

“If little fish get eaten by bigger fish, and bigger fish get eaten by bigger fish... what happens when there are no little fish? The world's populations of little fish are being harvested to make catfood!? This nonsense has to stop. Feed a fish a cat a day!”

Ifs World Littles Happens Sea Rivers Cat Bigger Population Fishes Boat Nonsense Lakes Fishing

Author:Tony Bishop

“Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions to another, if, content to be understood, he did not seek to be admired; but when once he begins to contrive how his sentiments may be received, not with most ease to his reader, but with most advantage to himself, he then transfers his consideration from words to sounds, from sentences to periods, and, as he grows more elegant, becomes less intelligible.”

Ifs Men Writing May Might Happens Speak Grows Sound Reader Periods Understood Advantage Notion Sentences Every Man Ease Consideration Sentiments Elegant Transfers

Book:The Idler: With Additional Essays

Source: The Idler: With Additional Essays

“This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.”

Ifs Knows Happens Sports Happenings Baseball Great Things

Author:Mark McGwire

“They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago they would talk about, you know, we're going to do a sequel to that but it was never serious. And they said 'Would you do it?' and I said out of all the movies I've done, that was a lot of fun, and maybe I would do a sequel if it ever came up and it made sense, but I said I don't think that's ever going to happen.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Mean Long Made Said Done Happens Fun Serious Long Time They Said Santa Long Time Ago Sequels Bad Santa

Author:Billy Bob Thornton

“I think Superman's journey is to become comfortable on earth. Of course he's got his role as earth's greatest protector but he also wants to be as happy as he can and if that happens to be with Lois then he's going to find a way.”

Ifs Thinking Way Want Happens Earth Courses Roles Journey Comfortable Protector

Author:Brandon Routh

“Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen.”

Ifs Men Trying Years Made Might Happens Involved X Men

Author:Bryan Singer

“There is only one thing I want. I would like to be seriously ill, and to hear nothing more about him for at least a week. Why doesn't something happen to me? Why do I have to go through all this? If only I had never set eyes on him!”

Ifs Want Happens Eye One Thing Week Ill Things Happen

Author:Eva Braun

“My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!”

Ifs Happens Mother Certain Turns Danger Blue Boxes Steam Stoves

Author:Paul Prudhomme

“But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever.”

Ifs Shows Happens Moving Results Five Four Months Showtime

Author:Will Arnett

“I've been an agnostic for as long as I can remember ... so I don't know where we go. But if it turns out that the lights are just turned off and nothing happens, well, that's okay.”

Ifs Knows Wells Long I Can Light Happens Remember Turns Atheism Okay Positive Atheism Things Happen Agnostic Turned Off

Author:John Chancellor

“If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.”

Ifs Knows Home Happens Brother Baseball Balls Cents Twins Rockets Twin Brother

Author:Mickey Mantle

“If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.”

Ifs Persons Reason Happens Able Games Lines Basketball Humble Things Happen Arrogant Everything Happens For A Reason Happens For A Reason Free Throw Arrogant Person

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I think everything happens for a reason. With my game being the way it is, if I did shoot 80 percent, I'd be a harder person to deal with. It just keeps me humble. Just imagine me in my game shooting the same percentage that Reggie Miller shoots. I wouldn't even talk to you guys because I wouldn't have to.”

“Heaven is supposed to be a perfect place. Yet, it experienced a war (Revelation 12:7). How can there be a war in a perfect place and if it happened before why couldn't it happen again? Why would I want to go to a place in which war can occur? That's exactly what I'm trying to escape, aren't you?”

Ifs Want Trying War Happens Heaven Perfect Happened Atheism Supposed To Be Revelations

Author:Dennis McKinsey

“I believe that this Republic will endure for many centuries. If so there will doubtless be among its Presidents Protestants and Catholics, and very probably at some time, Jews. I have consistently tried while President to act in relation to my fellow Americans of Catholic faith as I hope that any future President who happens to be Catholic will act towards his fellow Americans of Protestant faith. Had I followed any other course I should have felt that I was unfit to represent the American people.”

Source: Letters of Theodore Roosevelt: The big stick, 1905-1909

“If you've got a Corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's going to happen. He's a Corvette. I'm a brick wall.”

Ifs Knows Happens Running Wall Basketball Bricks Brick Wall Lakers

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“The Lord showed me by vision and revelation what would happen if we did not stop this practice... all ordinances would be stopped... many men would be made prisoners... I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write.”

Ifs Men Writing Made Happens Would Be Vision Lord Practice Revelations Prisoner Polygamy Ordinances

Author:John Andreas Widtsoe

“If prosecutors in the state of Utah continue on the path they are on in seeking us out, I hate to tell you what might happen. To put it bluntly - the mountains could come down upon them. I think they are going to get shook up. I think we are in store for a lot of things if we don't reprent and return to the way of God.”

Ifs Thinking Way States Might Happens Hate Path Return Mountain I Hate Seeking Stores Polygamy Prosecutor Utah

Author:Tom Green

“Music is my passion so I feel like I'll be doing this for a long time and God forbid if anything happens I'll still write music. So, I could write music for other people. I see myself making music for a very long time.”

People Ifs Feels Writing Long Stills Happens Passion Music Is Long Time Things Happen My Passion Music Is My Passion

Author:Justin Bieber

“I wanted to touch on how we look on each other. Good hair, light skin, you must be smart; if you're black, you're dark-skinned, you're ugly. That really happens. This is something that started with slavery, when they divided the house, and it's still a part of today's society and things that we battle with.”

Ifs Looks Stills Light Happens Today Wanted House Black Dark Hair Battle Smart Skins Slavery Ugly Divided Being Smart Dark Skinned Good Hair Today's Society

Author:Rapsody

“I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen, we would already be in heaven. And we are not there. That's where trust and faith comes in. You just say, "Lord, I don't understand it. But one thing I do know is that you understand it and that you are in control and I trust you."”

Ifs Knows Happens Heaven Lord One Thing Bad Things I Trust You Trust And Faith

Author:Benjamin Carson

“I don't really map anything out. I just let it happen [while writing]. But once it happens, it's always there. If it's laid, it's played. If I get to page 300 and it's not working, I junk it.”

Ifs Writing Happens Pages Maps Junk

Author:Stephen King

“If you are a cooperative animal you need to watch what you get. If you, or even a whole community, invest in something but then a few individuals receive a much larger return, it's not a good arrangement. If it happens consistently, it's time to look for an arrangement that is more beneficial. That's why we're so sensitive to how rewards are being divided.”

Ifs Needs Looks Whole Happens Individual Community Animal Watches Return Rewards Sensitive Divided Consistently Arrangements Beneficial Cooperatives

Author:Frans de Waal

“As an actor playing a character, you look for all of those avenues to see if there's any sense of vulnerability or love that you can bring to a character, and decide how that's portrayed and how that's going to be a struggle with the other characters. It's your job to take that on and challenge yourself, and meet that head on and see what happens with it.”

Ifs Looks Character Happens Jobs Actors Challenges Struggle Vulnerability Avenues Challenge Yourself

Author:David Boreanaz

“I don't love large groups of men. I've always felt like something terrible could happen when there were no women. If there are women around, it feels like there's less of a chance that anyone will get stabbed.”

Ifs Men Feels Happens Felt Chance Groups Terrible Like Something Large Groups

Author:Josh Radnor

“Life happens to all of us. It's not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us that really decides if we're going to be victims or if we're going to get and have everything we've ever dreamed of.”

Ifs Happens Victim Life Happens

Author:Eric Thomas

“If we can sell out a venue that's just as big as this in Omaha, if we can sell out DePaul in Chicago tomorrow, which looks like it's going to happen for 1100 or 1200 people, then obviously everyone will know that we can affect between 700 to 1000 people at a time in damn near every city in America, then I think that's a good start. It also tells people, and gives them an example, how independent hip-hop is able to do this without gigantic corporate support.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Giving Looks Bigs Happens Able America Cities Support Example Tomorrow Independent Sells Hip Hop Hips Corporate Damn Hops Chicago Venues Omaha

Author:Immortal Technique

“If you had a magic wand today, and you had one wish - to wipe out all the drug dealers, take them all off the streets and put them in jail, no trial, everybody who sold drugs would automatically be convicted. You know what's going to happen? There's going to be new ones. Why? Because the drug users are going to create them.”

Ifs Knows Happens Today Wish Magic Streets Drug Trials Jail Users Wipe Dealer Wands Drug Dealers Magic Wands

Author:Rick Ross

“For decades now, [Fuller] Torrey has been warning America what would happen if the dangerously mentally ill were deinstitutionalized, and it's all come true. Today, the only place we can put mental patients is on MSNBC.”

Ifs Has Beens Happens Today America Patient Ill Decades Warning Mentally Ill

Author:Ann Coulter

“I happen to believe that if we want to replace a lifetime politician like Barack Obama, who had no experience leading anything... We've got to nominate a leader if we're going to replace someone who is not a leader.”

Ifs Want Believe Happens Leader Politician Lifetime Barack

Author:Mitt Romney

“Losing a basketball game hurts but when you see what you've been through, you look on it and say well if this is the worst thing that can happen to me, then I'm okay.”

Ifs Wells Looks Happens Games Hurt Worst Basketball Losing Okay Worst Things Basketball Game

Author:LeBron James

“It goes back to the if identity becomes your achievement, what do you do, this is what happens? And I do think it leads to psychological disorders. You have to start doing things and stop thinking about yourself.”

Ifs Thinking Happens Identity Achievement Psychological About Yourself Disorder Thinking About You Thinking About Yourself Psychological Disorders

Author:Greg Gutfeld

“Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.”

Ifs Knows Way Want Ideas Happens Vision Protect Direct Valuable Screens

Author:Mel Brooks

“American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it happens pretty fast. Got to get up the next morning, especially if there're kids. Can't make noise, either, wake the kids.”

Ifs Happens Kids Night Next Sex Morning Areas Nine Noise Get Up Clock Saturday Saturday Night Rural Areas

Author:Mel Brooks

“If we allow the destruction of the environment, we can see the terrorists have utterly won, and are destroying the future of our children and grandchildren. We must not let that happen.”

Ifs Children Happens Environment Destruction Our Children Terrorist Destroying Grandchildren Children And Grandchildren

Author:Jane Goodall

“If you saw me working with construction crews or graphic designers, you'd see how much I'm really hoping for them to bring something to the table and let God in the room and let things happen naturally.”

Ifs Happens Rooms Saws Letting Go Tables Things Happen Designer Construction Crew Graphic Graphic Designer

Author:Jack White

“To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.”

Ifs Giving Matter Happens Running Can Do Situation Football Judging Balls England No Matter What Attacking Defenders Can Do Something

Author:Jose Mourinho

“Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.”

Ifs Thinking Long Enough Use Happens Pain Joy Suffering Values Hurt Sorrow Elements Messages Fingers Flames Minors Optional Critters Elements Of Life

Author:Alan Cohen

“If you can't hold your own, you're gonna get knocked out. You're bleeding all over the place. There are many, many nights that these boys are crawling off the mats. They drop from body shots, their nose is just bleeding like a faucet. On Wednesday nights, they come in and get a beating. It only happens once with these guys. You'll get karate experts or Tae Kwon Do experts and they can't hold a candle.”

Ifs Body Happens Night Guy Boys Shots Noses Experts Candle Bleeding Karate Wednesday Crawling Wednesday Nights

Author:Tim Sylvia

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